The form *torkʷ- became Latin torqueō "to twist", the stem being tors-/tort-. This possibly developed in Old French trusser "to trusse, tucke, packe up, to bind or gird up or in" (Cotgrave), borrowed into English as truss.

There was another PIE root *twerḱ- "to cut", which became Greek σάρξ sarks "flesh" and σαρκάζω sarkazō "to tear flesh like dogs", as in sarcasm. Etymologically, sarcophagus means "flesh-eater".